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  • 4:52 AM

    Musical Moment No. 4

    Franz Schubert

    David Fray, piano

    6:22
  • 4:11 AM

    String Quartet

    Ethel Smyth

    Villiers Quartet

    39:31
  • 4:06 AM

    And the Swallow

    Caroline Shaw

    Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge

    Anna Lapwood, conductor

    3:58
  • 4:01 AM

    Little Song

    Fred Hersch

    Silent, Listening

    Fred Hersch, piano

    4:49
  • 3:46 AM

    Birdflight

    Christopher Gunning

    Gunning: Violin & Cello Concertos - Birdflight

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christopher Gunning, conductor

    12:13
  • 3:39 AM

    I would I were a bird

    Anonymous

    Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello

    Sokratis Sinopoulos, lyra

    6:19
  • 3:14 AM

    Roman Festivals

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Roman Trilogy

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    23:56
  • 3:06 AM

    Nocturne and Allegro Scherzando

    Philippe Gaubert

    Robert Langevin, flute

    Margaret Kampmeier, piano

    5:44
  • 3:01 AM

    Lute Suite No. 3: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Vol. 1: Works for Lute

    Jason Vieaux, guitar

    4:41
  • 2:44 AM

    Rounds

    Jessie Montgomery

    Stillpoint

    A Far Cry Orchestra

    Awadagin Pratt, piano

    14:19
  • 2:22 AM

    Six Dances for String Orchestra

    Ulysses Kay

    Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Recklinghausen

    Paul Freeman, conductor

    20:17
  • 2:13 AM

    Lyric Quartet: The Sentimental One

    William Grant Still

    Catalyst Quartet

    6:34
  • 2:06 AM

    Portraits in Jazz: Waltz for Miles

    Valerie Capers

    Maria Corley, piano

    1:56
  • 2:01 AM

    Eternal Present: Now

    Shelley Washington

    KINDS OF ~NOIS

    ~nois

    4:31
  • 1:51 AM

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1

    Johan Svendsen

    Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    7:45
  • 1:41 AM

    Far and Away: Suite

    John Williams

    John Williams: The Berlin Concert

    Berlin Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    8:01
  • 1:25 AM

    Joan Baez Suite

    John Duarte

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    15:58
  • 1:15 AM

    Joan of Arc: Overture

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Philharmonic of La Scala

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    7:33
  • 1:06 AM

    Introduction and Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Anne Gastinel, cello

    Claire Desert, piano

    8:54
  • 1:01 AM

    Ossiane: Introduction

    Marie Trautmann Jaell

    Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Leo Hussain, conductor

    4:41
  • 12:49 AM

    Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)

    Missy Mazzoli

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Bjarnason, conductor

    9:09
  • 12:45 AM

    To a Brown Girl Dead

    Margaret Bonds

    Malcolm J. Merriweather, baritone

    Ashley Jackson, harp

    2:02
  • 12:06 AM

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cafe Zimmermann

    Antoine Torunczyk, oboe d'amore

    12:32
  • 12:01 AM

    Theme and Variations on "Draw the Sacred Circle Closer": Variations 3 and 4

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Kristen Yeon-Ji Yun, cello

    4:48
  • 11:48 PM

    Old Polish Suite

    Andrei Panufnik

    Polish Chamber Orchestra

    Mariusz Smolij, conductor

    10:03
  • 11:46 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Finale

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Piano Concertos

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    12:04
  • 11:35 PM

    Old Polish Suite

    Andrei Panufnik

    Polish Chamber Orchestra

    Mariusz Smolij, conductor

    10:03
  • 11:33 PM

    Ticklin' Toes

    Florence Price

    Dance

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    1:58
  • 11:07 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana"

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    24:31
  • 11:01 PM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    5:58
  • 10:45 PM

    Second Rhapsody

    George Gershwin

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Justin Brown, conductor

    Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

    14:01
  • 10:40 PM

    Four Spanish Pieces: Aragonesa

    Manuel de Falla

    Impressions of Spain

    The Great Necks

    3:10
  • 10:26 PM

    Overture on a Spanish March Theme

    Mily Balakirev

    USSR Symphony Orchestra

    Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor

    13:20
  • 10:17 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, Carnival Overture

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    8:03
  • 10:12 PM

    Set Me as a Seal

    Nico Muhly

    Essential Voices USA

    Judith Clurman, conductor

    4:15
  • 10:00 PM

    Bartered Bride: Dances

    Bedrich Smetana

    The Moldau

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    10:44
  • 9:49 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Concertos

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Jerzy Semkow, conductor

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    9:51
  • 9:34 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Benedetti Baroque Orchestra

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    14:10
  • 9:28 PM

    Seven Beauties: Waltz

    Kara Karayev

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Kirill Karabits, conductor

    4:17
  • 9:19 PM

    Overture to a Comedy

    Henry Gardiner

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    8:26
  • 9:12 PM

    Etude No. 10

    Louise Farrenc

    Saint-Saens

    Lang Lang, piano

    5:25
  • 9:06 PM

    Norwegian Dance No. 1

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Norwegian Dances

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    6:15
  • 9:02 PM

    Morris Dance Tunes: Laudnum Bunches

    Gustav Holst

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    2:46
  • 8:36 PM

    A Musical Joke (Ein musikalischer Spass)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    English Concert

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    23:02
  • 8:33 PM

    Country Gardens

    Percy Grainger

    Martin Jones, piano

    2:05
  • 8:13 PM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Tamas Vasary, conductor

    18:40
  • 8:08 PM

    Balleto

    Manuel Ponce

    Guitar Recital: Perera, Cecilio - PONCE, M.M. / BROUWER, L. / OLIVA, J.C. / SOJO, V.E.

    Cecilio Perera, guitar

    3:40
  • 8:00 PM

    Andante Cantabile

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Reveries

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    7:02
  • 5:55 PM

    Summer Skies

    Leroy Anderson

    Eastman-Rochester Pops

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    2:59
  • 5:52 PM

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Scott Joplin

    Piano Rags By Scott Joplin

    Joshua Rifkin, piano

    3:16
  • 5:24 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Antonin Dvorak

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    27:05
  • 5:10 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 12 "La Follia"

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Andrew Manze, violin

    Richard Egarr, harpsichord

    12:11
  • 5:06 PM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3: Italiana

    Ottorino Respighi

    Meditations at Sunset

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    3:18
  • 5:01 PM

    Vals gayo

    Theresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez Plays the Music of Teresa Carreno

    Clara Rodriguez, piano

    4:47
  • 4:48 PM

    Ma vlast (My Country): Sarka

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Ma Vlast

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    10:29
  • 4:26 PM

    Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    19:49
  • 4:19 PM

    Bandoneon

    Paquito D'Rivera

    Crossing the Ocean

    Bridget Kibbey, harp

    5:16
  • 4:06 PM

    Eight Russian Folk Songs

    Anatol Liadov

    Russian Fireworks

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Jean, conductor

    12:47
  • 4:00 PM

    Sonata No. 16

    Giovanni Fontana

    Stradivaria

    4:31
  • 3:47 PM

    Breaking Waves

    Helena Munktell

    Gavle Symphony Orchestra

    Tobias Ringborg, conductor

    11:13
  • 3:40 PM

    Polonaise for Violin and Strings

    Franz Schubert

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Emil Tchakarov, conductor

    Gidon Kremer, violin

    5:40
  • 3:23 PM

    String Quartet No. 30 "The Joke"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Spektral Quartet

    16:15
  • 3:19 PM

    Straw Hat Dance

    Du Mingxin

    Lang Lang, piano

    1:59
  • 3:06 PM

    Petite Suite

    Claude Debussy

    Bach: Organ Music (Complete), Vol. 7

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    12:58
  • 3:01 PM

    Four English Country Dances

    John Playford

    Early American Roots

    Hesperus

    4:50
  • 2:52 PM

    Wedding Cake

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    David Owen Norris, piano

    6:24
  • 2:48 PM

    Conga del Fuego

    Arturo Marquez

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:46
  • 2:26 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    21:10
  • 2:09 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 2

    Florence Price

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Randall Goosby, violin

    15:54
  • 2:02 PM

    Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Leonard Slatkin conducts Concert Classics

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    5:35
  • 1:49 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 26 "Coronation": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    Christian Zacharias, piano

    10:30
  • 1:42 PM

    String Quartet No. 4: 1st movement

    Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Arabella String Quartet

    4:46
  • 1:31 PM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Favorites

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:55
  • 1:21 PM

    Waltz Fantasy

    Mikhail Glinka

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    9:26
  • 1:18 PM

    Little Birdie

    Frederick Delius

    DELIUS, F. / IRELAND, J.: Songs (arr. for cello and piano)

    Julian Lloyd Webber, cello

    1:43
  • 1:07 PM

    Sinfonia

    Josef Myslivecek

    Myslivecek: Symphonies

    Concerto Koln

    7:10
  • 1:05 PM

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg: Speaking in Strings

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    1:41
  • 12:49 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Andris Nelsons, conductor

    9:42
  • 12:45 PM

    Romance No. 3

    Clara Schumann

    Hidden Flame

    Yoshika Masuda, cello

    4:09
  • 12:32 PM

    Poet and Peasant Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    10:17
  • 12:28 PM

    Waltz No. 1

    Antonin Dvorak

    Cecilia String Quartet

    3:33
  • 12:17 PM

    Symphony No. 4: 1st movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    9:59
  • 12:06 PM

    Images for Orchestra: Rondes de printemps (Spring Rounds)

    Claude Debussy

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    8:05
  • 12:04 PM

    Flight of the Bumblebee

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano

    1:09
  • 11:43 AM

    The Good-humored Ladies

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    14:56
  • 11:39 AM

    Walking Tune

    Percy Grainger

    Kenneth Smith, flute

    Paul Rhodes, piano

    2:52
  • 11:29 AM

    String Symphony No. 6

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    8:32
  • 11:22 AM

    Antoinette Polka Mazurka

    Alfred Pease

    Justin Holland: Guitar Works & Arrangements

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    6:00
  • 11:07 AM

    Suite for Strings

    John Rutter

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    12:23
  • 11:04 AM

    Rustle of Spring

    Christian Sinding

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    2:39
  • 10:45 AM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    13:36
  • 10:22 AM

    Symphony No. 89

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 84-95

    Philharmonia Hungarica

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    21:41
  • 10:18 AM

    Dawn

    Ola Gjeilo

    Arctic

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Christian Kluxen, conductor

    Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin

    3:14
  • 10:09 AM

    Overture "In the Italian Style"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 2

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    6:49
  • 10:06 AM

    Song without Words No. 29 "Venetian Gondola Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Javier Perianes, piano

    2:48
  • 10:01 AM

    Two Elegiac Melodies: Last Spring (Varen)

    Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg: Works For String Orchestra

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    4:42
  • 9:48 AM

    Recorder Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Peter Holtslag, recorder

    10:05
  • 9:29 AM

    Dolly Suite

    Gabriel Faure

    French National Radio and Television Orchestra

    Thomas Beecham, conductor

    17:55
  • 9:19 AM

    Zeynep Ucbasaran, piano

    8:51
  • 9:06 AM

    Passione Amorosa

    Giovanni Bottesini

    Camerata RCO

    Rick Stotijn, double bass

    Olivier Thiery, double bass

    11:17
  • 9:01 AM

    Etude No. 14

    Philip Glass

    Vikingur Olafsson, piano

    4:34
  • 8:45 AM

    The Day Dawn

    Sally Beamish

    Sally Beamish: The Imagined Sound of Sun on Stone

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Ola Rudner, conductor

    13:19
  • 8:42 AM

    Sunrise

    Connor Chee

    Scenes from Dinetah

    Connor Chee, piano

    2:15
  • 8:15 AM

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    Natalie Zhu, piano

    25:08
  • 8:01 AM

    Sussex Landscape

    Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor

    Chineke! Orchestra

    Roderick Cox, conductor

    13:31
  • 7:55 AM

    The Flowers of Edinburgh

    James Oswald

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    3:26
  • 7:21 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius, Chausson

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    34:04
  • 7:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings "Nachtmusik"

    Richard Heuberger

    RIAS Sinfonietta

    Jiri Starek, conductor

    17:30
  • 6:37 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 15 "Pastoral"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Wilhelm Kempff, piano

    20:50
  • 6:23 AM

    Mystic Dance

    Charlotte Sohy

    Aux etoiles: French Symphonic Poems

    Lyon National Orchestra

    Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor

    12:43
  • 6:01 AM

    Wind Quintet

    Jean Francaix

    Imani Winds

    20:57
  • 5:44 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre

    Guerre: Sonates Manuscrites

    Ensemble Variations

    14:25
  • 5:27 AM

    Summer Scenes from Hame

    Vaino Raitio

    Tapiola Sinfonietta

    Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen, conductor

    15:58
  • 5:21 AM

    Romance No. 5

    Johannes Brahms

    Murray Perahia, piano

    3:50
  • 5:01 AM

    Duet-Concertino for Bassoon and Clarinet

    Richard Strauss

    Concert Recording

    Janacek Philharmonic

    Robert Jindra, conductor

    Johannes Schittler, clarinet

    19:41